STATE AS WE HEAD TOWARD FRIDAY.AY TOSS IT BACK TO YOU, PAULA. THANKS, PETE.KS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAD, OVER TO THE CITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, CITY HOLDING H A NEWS CONFERENCE. LETS LISTEN IN. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TOGETHER AT NOON TODAY FOR SOME MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS THEME CITY ISNT GOING TO BE MAKING.NG. WE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUING A DISASTER PROCLAMATION YESTERDAY. WE SAID WE'D DO IT BY NOON, ALSOSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT CITY EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THEY NEED TO COME TO WORK AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT REGARDING THE BUS. I HAVE SIGNED A DISASTER PROCLAMATION THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO TAKE EXTRAORDINARY POWERS THAT NEED BE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC DURING THIS INCOMING STORM, AND I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT TO ALL OF YOU WE HAVE COPIES THAT WE'LL BE HANDING OUT TO YOU. SECONDLY, WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING OUR NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERSKERS NOT TO COME INTO WORK TOMORROW.ORRO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 8,500 FOLKS. WE DO NOT WANT THEM ON THE ROAD DURING THE STORM'S ARRIVAL WHICH WE EXPECT TO START TO FEEL IMPACT AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS STARTING FROM 10:00 TO ABOUT 2:00 AND RIGHT ININ THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.Y. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AT HOME AND BEING SAFE. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE ONLY WORKERS WHO NEED TO REPORT THAT ARE CITY AND COUNTY WORKERS ARE DISASTER RESPONSE WORKERS. THOSE FOLKS KNOW WHO THEY ARE. EVERYONE ELSE IS A STAY HOME, H TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, BE SAFE, TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SHOW THE TRUE ALOHA SPIRIT THAT WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SO MUCH. FINALLY OF WE ANNOUNCED WE WERE GOING TO BE DISCONTINUING REGULAR BUS SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT AND ONLY HAVING THE EMERGENCY BUSES RUNNING FROM 10:00 UNTIL AN HOUR BEFORE THE IMPACT OF THE STORM TO OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS, WE HEARD PARTICULARLY FROM THE VISIT INDUSTRY IN WAIKIKI. THERE W ARE ABOUT 94, ALMOST 95,000 VISITORS ON THIS ISLANDD AT WHICH THE BULK OF THEM ARE IN WAIKIKI. IT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE TOURIST SEASON. IT IS FULL. EVERY ROOM ISIS F TAKEN IN WAIKIKI.IKI THOSE VISITORS NEED TO BE TAKENKEN CARE OF BY THE HARD-WORKINGING FOLKS ON THIS ISLAND WHO LIVES ON THE EWA PLAIN, WAIPAHU AND OTHER AREAS ON THE ISLAND, SO WE MODIFIED OUR ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING BUS SERVICE. OUR EXPRESS BUSES AND MIKE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT OUR EXPRESS BUSES WILL OPERATERATE TOMORROW MORNING FROM 4:30 IN IN THE MORNING UNTIL ABOUT 7:00 IN THE MORNING TO GET FOLKS INTO WAIKIKI TO HELP OPERATE AND MAKE SURE THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY, AND THEN THAT BUS SERVICE IS GOING TO STOP AND THE BUS DRIVERS RETURN TO THE BUS BARNS TO BE SAFE DURING THE HARDEST, HARD PART OF THE STORM. BUT THAT'S TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE IN WAIKIKI TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE VISITORS IN WAIKIKI, AND ONCE THE STORM PASSES WHICH WE EXPECT 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL START ROLLING OUT OUR BUS SERVICES AGAIN, SODD HARD WORKERS IN WAIKIKI CAN GET BACK HOME.E. WE'RE DOING THIS TO ACCOMMODATE OUR A VISITOR INDUSTRY. WE'RE REALLY REALLY ASKING THE WORKERS TO USE THEIR OWN DISCRETION. IF IT DOES NOT LOOK SAFE TO THEM, AND HAS TO BUSES RUN ALL AROUND THE ISLAND, THEY SHOULD MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER THEY WANT TO GET ON THE BUS AND COME INTO WAIKIKI. BUT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE UNTIL IT'S NO LONGER SAFE TO DO SO WHICH IS ABOUTUT 7:00 IN THE MORNING. NUMBER M ONE, ALL OFFICES AREE CLOSED TOMORROW, CITY OFFICES, SATELLITE CITY HALLS, KAPOLEI HANALEI.N I DON'T KNOW IFAL YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE ANYTHING MORE BUT COME UP. THE MAYOR HAS GRANTED ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TO ALL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NON-ESSENTIALLY.LLY. FIRST RESPONDERS FROM THE POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY SERVICESERVI AND SUPPORT STAFF SHALL REPORT TO WORK. EMERGENCY COORDINATORS AND ALTERNATE EMERGENCY COORDINATORS OF THE COO DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO WORK. DISASTER RESPONSE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN PRE-DESIGNATED SHALLHALL REPORT TO WORK. THANK YOU. ON THE DISASTER DECLARATIONON JUST A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE POWERS THAT WE HAVE, BUT OUR CORPORATION COUNSEL WOULD LIKE LIK TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT I JUST SAID.T THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHAT THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION DOES IS GIVE THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE RESOURCESSOUR BOTH IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL AS WELL AS PE SERVICES AND PROPERTY IN ORDER TO MEET ALL OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONNCTI THAT HE HAS TO PERFORM IN THIS DISASTER. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THOSE POWERS DO FOR HIM. MAYOR? AND FINALLY, ON BUS SERVICECE I'M GOING TO ASK MIKE TO COME UP AND TALK AND GEORGE, HAWAI'I VISITORS BUREAU AND MIKE MCCARTHY OF THE TOURISM AUTHORITY IT. THEY ARE TRUE PARTNERS.TNER WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR GUESTS. SO, MIKE, IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON WHAT I SAID PREVIOUSLY. THANK YOU, P MAYOR. I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT A COPY OFF THE NEWS RELEASE WE GAVE OUT WHICH IDENTIFIES THE ROUTES. AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE SERVICE WILL START AT ABOUT 4:30.30. IT DEPENDS ON THE COMMUNITY, SO S IT WILL BE THE NORMAL ROUTE THAT WILL START IN THAT COMMUNITYY AROUND 4:30 AND THEN THEY WILL CONCLUDE IN WAIKIKI. CONTINUE YOU CANNILY NOT ALL THESE ROUTES WOULD GO TO WAIKIKI.W SO SOME OF THEAI ROUTES WOULD STOPOP DOWNTOWN BUT THEY WILL GO TO WAIKIKI ON FRIDAY MORNING.NING WE'RE HOPING THEY WILL TERMINATE IN WAIKIKI BETWEEN 7 AND 7:30. IT'S NOT A TWO-WAY TRIP SO THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF WAIKIKI BECAUSE THE BUSES WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE BUS BARNS. IT'S REALLY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE TOURISTS, WITH MIKE AND GEORGE TO PROVIDE WORK FORCE TO OUR TOURISTS. DON'T GO OUT AND CATCH THE BUS IF THE CONDITIONS ARE UNSAFE. THE BUS DRIVERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY WILL NOT OPERATE IN AREASN THAT ARE UNSAFE. THEY WILL NOT PUT THEIR LIVES OR THE LIVES OF THEIR PASSENGERS AT RISK.RISK I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE ROUTES AROUND HERE. THERE'S 28 TOTAL ROUTES ALL OVER THE ISLAND WHICH MEANS IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE ON THIS ISLAND AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO AN EXPRESS ROUTE AND YOU NEED TO GET TO WAIKIKI TO WORK, YOU CAN ON FRIDAY MORNING. YOU'LL STAY THERE UNTIL WE W RESUME SERVICE AND WE'RE W BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE MANAGEMENT STAFF AT OTS. THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD, VERY RESPONSIVE. WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK. THEY ARE GOING TO BE H STANDINGAR UP THEIR DRIVERS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND WHEN THE MAYOR DECLARES THAT THE STREETS ARE SAFE AND CLEAR, THEY WILL BE B CALLED OUT TO TAKE THE BUSES AND A RESTORE SERVICE. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THRAZ GOING TO BE AT 2:00, 3:00, 4:00,00, OR 5:00 BUT IT WILL DEAF LEEB 2:00 OR AFTER.. BUT THE WORK FORCE CAN COME OUT OF WAIKIKI AND RETURN HOME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,S, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME AFTER OR CALL THE BUS. I'D LIKE GEORGE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND MEN MIKE MCCARTNEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.YONE ON BEHALF OF THE HAWAI'I TOURISM ASSOCIATION, WE WANT TO THANKNK THE MAYOR FOR RECONSIDERING. WE THINK IT'SECON A WELL THOUGHT-OUT PLAN. WE THINK IT'S A PLAN THAT ALLOWS US THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS E 95,000 VISITORS IN WAIKIKI.W AGAIN,AI I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HIS TEAM FOR REINSTATING THIS EXPRESS BUS SERVICE AND GETTING OUR WORK FORCE BACK INTO WAIKIKI TOMORROW, EVEN IN THATAT LIMITED TIME, IT'S REALLY REALLYALLY GOING TO HELP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MIKE? AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT GEORGE SAYS. WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR.R. WAIKIKI IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALLL OF US, SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR COMMAND CENTER AT THE HAWAI'I CONVENTION CENTER, WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH EACH OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTERS AND AN WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH DIAMOND HEAD SO WE'RE GOING TO COORDINATE -- OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE VISIT EZ GET ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND BE SAFE. WE'RE MAKING SURE EVERYBODY GETS ACCURATE AND GOOD INFORMATIONION AND WE THANK THE MAYOR FOR MAKING SURE WORKERS CAN GETT THERE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR GUESTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOUR VIEWERS, READERS GOING TO EXECUTIONER SO IS YOUR GARBAGE GOING TO GET PICKED UP? WHAT ABOUT BULKIE NEW HAMPSHIRE.. WE HAVE LAURIE IS EXPAND ON THAT. WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE CITY TOMORROW, ALL TRASH WILL NOT BE PICKED UP AS SCHEDULED.ULED IF YOU'RE ON THE THREE-CARTART SYSTEM, WE WILL NOT BE THERE TO PICK IT UP. THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, TRANSFER STATIONS, H-POWER AND THE LANDFILL THEIR CLOSED.OSED WE'RE ASKING THOSE WHO HAVE SCHEDULED PICKUP TOMORROW REMOVEOVE 2 FROM YOUR SIDEWALK, ESPECIALLY THE BULKIE BECAUSE THOSE CAN BE PROJECTILES WITH THE HIGH WIND AND SECURE IT ON YOUR SITE.SITE HOLD IT UNTIL THE NEXT PICKUP. IF YOU CANNOT FOR SOME REASON, YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TRASH COLLECTED, PLEASE, YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE CONVENIENCE CENTERSNTE ONCE THEY REOPEN. AS FAR AS SATURDAY PICKUP, WE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT LATER ON TOMORROW BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF -- WHAT THE ROADSADS LOOK LIKE, IF THERE'S ANY FLOODING AND MAJOR DEBRIS. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S'S IT. THANK YOU, LAURIE. ONE MORE THING, I'D LIKE LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IN REGARDS TO VISITORS, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO CHECK WITH THEIR AIRLINES FIRST. THE AIRPORT IS NOT A HOLDING AREA FOR PEOPLE TO CONGRESS GATE. SO WE WANT THEM TO CALL THEIR AIRLINES.AI THAT'S THERL BEST WAY THEY CAN GET THE BEST, ACCURATE INFORMATION. WHAT THE HAWAI'I INF TOURISM AUTHORITY IS DOING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS WE ARE GETTING FLIGHT CONSOLATIONS AS THEY ARE CONFIRMED. WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO ALL THEFO HOTELS AND TO ALL OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE FROM OUR JAPANESE WHOLE SAILORS OR KOREAN WHOLE SAILORS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THAT INFORMATION. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT HAWAI'ITOURISMAUTHORITY.ORG AND CLICK ON ALERTS AND THATT INFORMATION WILL BE THERE, BUT WE'RE GETTING IT OUT TO ALL OUR PARTNERS STATE-WIDE. AS FAR ASTA WE KNOW AT THIS MOMENT, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FORR THE AIRPORTS, AGAIN, WE'RE EMPHASIZING WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ON THE ROADS TRYING TO GET TO THE AIRPORT. WE WANT THEM TO STAY IN PLACE AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE HOTEL.TEL THE HOTELS HAVE SOME OF THE BEST EMPLOYEES IN THE WORLD. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS. THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS EXERCISE MANY TIMES.ES. WE JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE WANT OUR VISITORS TO BE SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE.CE SO THANK YOU. SO TO REEMPHASIZE, THE THREE THINGS WE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING ARE, NUMBER ONE, I SIGNED AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR THEFOR CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU IN PARTICIPATION OF ISELLE.ELLE NUMBER TWO, WE'VE TOLD OUR CITY AND COUNTY WORKERS NOT TO COME INTO WORK TOMORROW UNLESS YOU ARE A DISASTER HE RESPONSE WORKER. EVERYONE ELSE IS TO STAY HOME. AND NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE MODIFIED OUR BUS SERVICE.VICE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING OUR USUAL BUS SYSTEM FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BUT WE'RE GOING GOI TO HAVE OUR EXPRESS BUSES IN OPERATION FROM 4:30 TO 7, 7:3030 JUST GOING TO WAIKIKI. WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YES? [INAUDIBLE] NO, THE EXPRESS BUSES FROM THE POINT THAT THEY LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITY UNTIL THEY REACH DOWNTOWN OR WAIKIKI, WHICHEVER W THEY GO,HI THEY WILL MAKE THEIR FORM STOPS. BUT IF IT WAS A BUS THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED DOWNTOWN AND RETURNED AND IS NOW GOING TO GO TO WAIKIKI, ON THE WAY TO WAIKIKI IT WILL MAKE STOPS ALONG THE WAY.Y. SO WE'RE NOT ADDING STOPS FROM ORIGINATION TO THE NORMAL STOPOP POINT. WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE TO WAIKIKI, WORSE CASE SCENARIO, I DON'T KNOW IFSE C GEORGE OR MIKEKE WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT B YOU'VE GOT THE WORKERS IN WAIKIKI, A WORSE CASE SCENARIO, WHAT HAPPENS S IF THEY CANNOT GET BACK HOME? WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR HOTELS, THEY WORK REALLY HARD. THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO. THEY ARE WELL PREPARED FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS, PROBABLY AS WELL PREPARED AS ANYWHERE. WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE WHATEVER ACCOMMODATIONS WE HAVE TO.E I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT WE HAVEVE BALL ROOMS. IF WE HAD TO, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM UP -- SAFETY FIRST. SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT FOR OUR VISITORS AND FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, SO THEY WILL MAKE WHATEVER ACCOMMODATIONS THEY NEED IF THATAT SO HAPPENS THAT THEY GET STUCK THERE. REST ASSURED. HOW MANY WORKERS DO YOU EXPECT TO SHOW UP WITH THIS BUS SERVICE NOW THAT'S AVAILABLE?E? ONCE WE GET THE WORD OUT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PERCENTAGE. IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES TAKE THE BUS. THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO CRITICAL THAT IT'S REINSTATED. IT'S SAFETY FIRST. AS THE MAYOR SAID, DISCRETION NEEDS TO BE USED AND ALL OUR HOTELEI.R.S. WILL MAKE SURE THAT'S COMMUNICATED. WHEN COM VISITORS COME UP, THEY WILL HAVE ANSWERS FOR THEM. FROM A PRIDE STAND POINT, THEYNT, ARE ALL GOING TO BE THERE. ANOTHER QUESTION? [INAUDIBLE] SOME OF THE EXPRESS BUSES WOULD NORMALLY TERMINATE IN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU BUT THEY WILL GO TO WAIKIKI. AS WELL AS STOP FOR DOWNTOWN? RIGHT. SO IT WILL BE THE NORMAL ROUTE BUT THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE STOPPED DOWNTOWN NOW WILL GO TO WAIKIKI. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD TO TRANSFER TO WAIKIKI WHICH SOME PEOPLE DID, YOU WILL ABLE TO GET G TO WAIKIKI ON THAT ONE EXPRESS BUS. RIGHT OVER HERE ON KING STREET, RIGHT, A MAJOR BUS STOP, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET OUT THERE ON THE WAIKIKI BUS. IT WILL STOP THERE SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET PICKED UP AND THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT INTO WAIKIKI,I JUST TO BE REALLY REALLY CLEAR ON THIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TELLINGTEL THEM TO STAY AT HOME, SHOULD THEY WORRY ABOUT FEEDING THE METER AND STREET PARKING?RKIN SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING US THAT.THA VERY GOOD QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVINGVING AROUND TOMORROW. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS STORM S EVERYONE SHOULD BE IN THEIR HOMES TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER, NOT ON THE STREETS. SO MY REQUEST IS THAT, PLEASE, USE REAL CAUTION HERE AND COMMON SENSE. THIS IS A SERIOUS EVENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.OUT. WE WOULDN'T BE TAKING THESE EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS IF WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY.SSAR SO PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT, HEY, CAN I FEED THE METERTER OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO ANSWER THAT, MIKE. DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? AS A REVENUE-GENERATING MEASURE, I SAY, YES, FEED THE METER. BUT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE AT HOME AND NOT WORRIED ABOUT DOING THIS. THE POLICE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING REALLY HARD TO PROTECT PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON ISSUING TICKETSTS BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS NOT FED THE METER. TOMORROW IS ALL ABOUT TAKINGKING CARE OF EACH OTHER AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS. OKAY? YES? SHOULD PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN SHORELINE AREAS BE ANTICIPATING ANY POSSIBLE EVACUATION NEEDED OF PEOPLE IN HARM'S WAY THERE? UNDER THE DISASTER PROCLAMATION I HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE EVACUATION NOTICES FOR LOW-LYING AREAS AND TO ANSWERER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE STORMRM IS ONCE IT PASSES THE BIG ISLAND WITH MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA AFFECTED IN SOME WAY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT POTENTIALLY BEING A FAIRLY STRONG STORM WHEN IT GETS TO OAHU.U. WE'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION IN I REAL TIME.IME. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE POL DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SIGNING THE PROCLAMATION TODAY. [INAUDIBLE] THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE RAMPED UP. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN EMERGENCY OPERATION E CENTERS, BOTH POLICELI AND FIRE. THEY ARE HERE TODAY WITH US AND OF COURSE THEY ARE COORDINATED OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER. THEY ARE TAKING IT EXTREMELYREME SERIOUS AND READY TO RESPOND AS NECESSARY. BUT PERHAPS -- CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? CHIEF OF FIRE, MANNY NEVES. GOOD MORNING, MANNY NEVES, FIRE CHIEF. WE'VE BEEN PREPARED FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO, WHEN WE NOTICED THE STORM WAS ON ITS WAY. WE HAD OPERATION TEAM ALREADY IN PLACE. WE HAVE INCIDENT PUTTING IN EXTRA RESOURCES, FIRE TRUCKS, PERSONNEL, FOOD, CONSUMABLES FOR OUR STAIR STATION, SO INTERNALLY MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS READY REA TO GO, WE'RE READY FOR WHATEVERATEV COMES OUR WAY ONCE THE STORMORM HITS LAND. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DO AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB EVERY DAY ON THIS ISLAND, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING REALLY HARD TOMORROW, AND I ASK OUR PUBLIC PLEASE USE PRE CAUTION AGAIN.N. EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE EVENTS, WE SEE PEOPLE GOING INTOING THE WATER. SO EITHER FIRE OR LIFEGUARDS ARE GOING TO BE FACED WITH RESCUINGCUIN PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING NEAR THE SHORE.ORE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING DOWN OUR PARKS AS OF 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. SO,T PLEASE, BE CAREFUL FOR YOURUR OWN LIVES BUT DON'T JEOPARDIZE THESE OTHER FOLKS' LIVES BY DOING SOMETHING FOOLISH. STAY HOME, STAY OFF THE ROADS. TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. QUESTION ABOUT CONSTRUCTION CRANES.CRA THERE'S SO MANY CONSTRUCTION CRANES AROUND OAHU RIGHT NOW WITH THE BUILDING BOOM. IS ANYTHING BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE SECURED OR THOSE DON'T BECOME VERY DANGEROUS IN LIGHT OF THE HIGH WINDS WE ARE EXPECTING? GENERALLY SPEAKING I KNOW A LOT OF THE PRIVATE CONTRACTORSN ARETR SECURING ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR BUILDING MATERIALS. I DON'T KNOW, SCOTT, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT -- FOR EXAMPLE,LE, OUR RAIL PROJECT, ONE OF THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE HISTORY OFUC THIS PLACE, THEYAC ARE SPENDINGE, THE ENTIRE DAYY TODAY SECURE EQUIPMENT, SECURING ANYTHING THAT'S HIGH IN THE AIR A AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE WORKING TOMORROW. SO, AGAIN, JUST LIKE THOSE WHOE WH ARE DRIVING AROUND WANTING TO PAY A PARKING METER, WE HAVE A MAJOR PROJECT WHERE THEY ARE NOT NO GOING TO BE WORKING. SCOTT, DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT? I UNDERSTAND IT THE OTHER PROJECTS AROUND TOWN, THEY ARE SECURE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT,UIPM CONSTRUCTION CRANES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BASICALLY ALL AIR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE CON CANCELED THROUGH TONIGHT, THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE FOLKS GET HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES IN A TIMELY MANNER. M SO WE ARE ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW.W. WE ARE SECURING AND FASTENING DOWN ALL THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OR TAKING IT BACK TO OUR BASE YARDS AND WE'LL BE OFFF THE ROAD BEFORE OUR AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR SO EVERYBODY CAN GET G HOME IN A TIMELY MANNER. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION THOUGH, THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL STICK AND FORR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS. WE ALSO QUE HAVE OTHER DIRECTORS HERE. SHERRY IS HERE FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE HAVE ART WITH DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING AND WE GOT GERALD C ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. COME ON. THREW HAVE IT, THE MAYOR ANDD THE CITY HAVING THEIR NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAYOR SIGNING A DISASTER ARE PROCLAMATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE, NON-ESSENTIALLY WORKERS,ERS, THAT'S ABOUT 8500 OF YOU, NO N WORK FOR YOU TOMORROW, ONLY THE DISASTER RESPONSE WORKERS, AND THE BUS SERVICE WILL BE RUNNING FROM 4:30 TO 7:00 A.M. TOMORROW FOR THOSE HOTEL WORKERS, SO MANY THOUSANDS OF THEM, THAT WILL BE HEADING INTO WAIKIKI. THIS IS A STORM THAT'S GOINGOIN